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The Camp

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: C/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:385 x 258 mm  
Plate mark size:285 x 157 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:irregular chain lines, two narrow at right  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:tone, particuarly at the sides  
Note on foul biting:odd dots, flecks, scraping, burninshing  
Print note:burr on cancellation and etching; cancelled yet signed and inscribed by Whistler; the Wunderlich impressions were clearly being sold during JMW's lifetime, and he was apparently willing to sign them.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1861- '  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' in pencil on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Ridley / Edwards - / Boatman - / The Encampment-' on recto below platemark  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'75' top left recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0820211  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.